TheAdventures of Robin Hood (1956-1960) had been a great hit for ITV/Sapphire, and so they followed it up with TAOSL, shot on a next-door set at Nettlefold Studios. Like ITV's later The Adventures of William Tell (1958-1959), this was essentially a rehash of the Robin Hood series – and with much the same production team – but set in a different milieu. While the stories were not distinguished, the period reconstruction was, being based on research commissioned from the University of Oxford. [JG]

This entry is taken from the Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) edited by John Clute and John Grant. It is provided as a reference and resource for users of the SF Encyclopedia, but apart from possible small corrections has not been updated.